We can lose focus during these cold months. For cyclists, this is the bottom of the seasons. We get snowed in physically, but mentally too. We have to walk/hike, run, bowl - something to feel physical exertion. ...

Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois
on February 14, 1894 –born, Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian,
and star of radio, television, and movies. Benny’s usual part...

America,
Our Forefathers, and Our Constitution
The work of many minds, the US Constitution stands as a
model of cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise. Our forefathers would roll over in their graves...

Joan Chandos Baez was born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New
York. She has forever been an American folk singer,
songwriter and activist. Baez has a distinctive, strong voice and indeed a
strong vibrato. Many of...

On March 13, 1962, unknown to President John Kennedy, the
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff okayed Operation Northwoods which was a
plan to blow up a United
States airplane. This would be committing
terrorist...

The story that I'm emphasizing here is of the Surrender of Camp Carroll. The "surrender" takes place in 1972. Camp
Carroll was a United
States Marine Corps artillery base during the Vietnam War. It was...

It never ends. Do a web-search for the "falsely imprisoned". I hope you have plenty of time to kill. If you're like our law enforcers and courts- there isn't much time. There isn't much time for getting at the...

What if Satan crawled up out of the core of fire? This is so improbable- and I'm offering most Americans a choice of the person or political affiliation that Satan would inhabit if Satan could. I didn't include any...

Micky Dee, Richard Dunn, Ed Anderson, Kirk Clark-1986-Helmets weren't required! As of this May it's a 35 year-old bicycle ride up the tallest mountain east of the Rockies. Located in a 1,855-acre
North Carolina State...

The Mount Pleasant Pier is part of the Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park. It's just over the Cooper River Bridge from Charleston, South Carolina. Patriots Point is part of the large park area. You can get from the...

"This is the Money Goddess,
Lakshmi. Pass it to 6 of your good friends
or family and be rich in 4 Days.
Pass it to 12 of your good friends or family and
be rich in 2 Days.
I am not joking. You will find an...

At the turn of the 20th century, cycling was the
most popular sport. Bicycle racers were the stars. This was still the period of
reconstruction of the south. Often blacks were treated as bad as and worse than
the period...

On November 26, 1939 Anna Mae Bullock was born in a small
spot called Nutbush, Tennessee. Her mother was Zelma (Currie)
Bullock, a factory worker. Her father was Floyd Richard Bullock, a Baptist
deacon, farm overseer,...

Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary leader who advocated for the poor and wanted agrarian reform. Though he may have been a killer, a bandit, and a revolutionary leader, many remember him as a folk hero. Pancho...

Some of this was written years ago. Some of it was written more than eight years
ago, actually. So much has changed, like my address. I no longer own a bike
shop or an inn or a home. My address has changed. Some of my...